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It's been a year of significant steps forward around frustrating roadblocks for Dr. Craig Meyers. The researcher at Penn State Hershey Medical Center excited the breast cancer-fighting community last year with news that some in the press called a "breakthrough" and potential "miracle. " Meyers had been toiling in relative anonymity for years, working on the use of a common virus to fight cervical cancer. When he applied his research to breast cancers, he found himself in the spotlight.

The Department of Environmental Protection will be applying treatments in Bethlehem Township in Northampton County Aug. 29. The treatments will be sprayed in the evening in open spaces in residential and recreational areas. The treatment, called Biomist, has a low toxicity profile to mammals and is environmentally safe, according to a press release. In case of rain, the treatment will be postponed until Aug. 31. The West Nile virus is carried by certain mosquito species, which can lead to humans contracting West Nile encephalitis, an infection resulting in the inflammation of the brain.

LITIGATORS By John Grisham (Bantam Books, $16) 1 This modern-day legal thriller is one of Grisham's best. David Zinc, a young burned-out attorney, finds himself out of a job and on the steps of a boutique law firm Finley & Figg. The two-man firm turns out to be ambulance chasers looking for a big break. Now with Zinc on board, they can take on the pharmaceutical company Varrick Labs, makers of the No. 1 cholesterol reducer, which is under fire after several patients suffered heart attacks.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed Thursday that an unidentified Lehigh County man has become the seventh person in the state to be infected with the West Nile virus. Two other cases of humans being infected were reported to the department, according to its website. The others were in Lebanon and Centre counties. With more than two months left in the season, statewide sampling shows higher numbers of West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes than any other summer since the collecting and monitoring began more than a decade ago, state officials said.

Just about the time when the temperature drops and the sky dims, Culex mosquitoes take flight and are buzzing about. Culex mosquitoes, the type most likely to transmit West Nile virus to humans, are now the target of a statewide spraying campaign that is picking up speed in the Lehigh Valley because of an "unprecedented level" of mosquitoes are carrying the virus, state health officials said. Last week, spray trucks snaked their way through Allentown neighborhoods, and this week they'll make their way through South Whitehall, Upper Macungie, Bethlehem, Hanover and other townships where mosquitoes or birds have tested positive for the virus.

The Lehigh County West Nile Program will be applying treatments in Whitehall and South Whitehall tonight and in the City of Allentown on Wednesday. The treatments will be sprayed in open spaces in residential and recreational areas. The treatment, called Duet, has a low toxicity profile to mammals and is environmentally safe, according to a press release. In case of rain, the spraying will be delayed a day. The West Nile virus is carried by certain mosquito species, which can lead to humans contracting West Nile encephalitis, an infection resulting in the inflammation of the brain.

A bird found in Palmer Township has tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the latest news release from Pennsylvania's West Nile Control Program. In the Lehigh Valley, the virus previously was found either in mosquitoes or birds in South Whitehall, Hanover (Lehigh County), Whitehall, North Whitehall, Salisbury, Allentown, Bethlehem Township, Nazareth and Wind Gap.

The Pennsylvania West Nile Control Program announced more positive tests for West Nile Virus have been found in either birds or mosquitoes. Positive tests have been found in: South Whitehall, Hanover (Lehigh County), Whitehall, North Whitehall, Salisbury, Allentown, Bethlehem Township, Nazareth and Wind Gap.